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THE BOOK OF<br/>
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CHAPTER 34
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Elihu teaches: God cannot be unjust, nor commit iniquity, nor pervert judgment, nor respect persons—Man should bear chastisement and do iniquity no more.
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Furthermore</span> Elihu answered and said,
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Hear my words, O ye wise <i>men; </i>and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
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For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.
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Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what <i>is</i> good.
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For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.
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Should I lie against my right?  my wound <i>is</i> incurable without transgression.
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What man <i>is</i> like Job, <i>who</i> drinketh up scorning like water?
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Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.
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For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
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Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, <i>that he should do</i> wickedness; and <i>from</i> the Almighty, <i>that he should commit</i> iniquity.
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For the <sup>a</sup><a href="job/34/11a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Ne. 25: 23; Alma 9: 28; D&C 1: 10; D&C 6: 33.">work</a> of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to <i>his</i> ways.
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Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert <sup>a</sup><a href="job/34/12a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 19: 9; 2 Ne. 9: 15; 2 Ne. 30: 9.">judgment</a>.
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Who hath given him a charge over the earth?  or who hath disposed the whole world?
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If he set his heart upon man, <i>if</i> he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;
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All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto <sup>a</sup><a href="job/34/15a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Death; TG Man, Physical Creation of.">dust</a>.
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If now <i>thou hast</i> understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.
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Shall even he that hateth right govern?  and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?
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<i>Is it fit</i> to say to a king, <i>Thou art</i> wicked?  <i>and</i> to princes, <i>Ye are</i> ungodly?
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<i>How much less to him</i> that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor?  for they all <i>are</i> the work of his hands.
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In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.
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For his eyes <i>are</i> upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.
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<i>There is</i> no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may <sup>a</sup><a href="job/34/22a" mark="a" type="A" title="Alma 12: 14 (14-15); D&C 1: 2.">hide</a> themselves.
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For he will not lay upon man more <i>than right;</i> that he should enter into judgment with God.
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He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.
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Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth <i>them</i> in the night, so that they are destroyed.
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He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
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Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:
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So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
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When he giveth <sup>a</sup><a href="job/34/29a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Silence.">quietness</a>, who then can make trouble?  and when he hideth <i>his</i> face, who then can behold him?  whether <i>it be done</i> against a nation, or against a man only:
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That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.
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Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne <sup>a</sup><a href="job/34/31a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Chastening."><i>chastisement</i></a>, I will not offend <i>any more:</i>
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<i>That which</i> I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.
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<i>Should it be</i> according to thy mind?  he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.
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Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me.
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Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words <i>were</i> without wisdom.
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My desire <i>is that</i> Job may be tried unto the end because of <i>his</i> answers for wicked men.
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For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth <i>his hands</i> among us, and multiplieth his words against God.
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